“my point totally - which is - fans don’t want a bunch of foreign golfers who all have similar sounding short names, look alike, and for the most part are robotic. The fans are turned off”
Sorry, you are totally wrong.
You meant to say “my point totally - which is - fans don’t want a bunch of ORIENTAL golfers who all have similar sounding short names, look alike, and for the most part are robotic. The fans are turned off”
The fact is the white/european/caucasian americans love watching a bunch of russian women who are equally same looking with last names ending in “ova” who are equally robotic.
The fact is the white/euro-americans did not want to watch the black american Williams sisters win either. Ok, Serena is freakish looking but I find Venus to be perfectly acceptable to look at.
The fact is the white americans loved very robotic Borg, Edberg, Vilas, etc. much more than they liked their own Conners, Sampras, Courier, and Chang.
And I would hardly call the Asian women golfers robotic.
Wow, you really got your panties in a wad - so let me help you straighten out your laundry.
First, I was not commenting on my own tastes - I’ve never cared much for the LPGA from a fan standpoint at any time, but I have noticed a cooling of the sport and reduced exposure as every other league in golf is surging. I have also noticed a leaderboard dynamic that I think explains it. I was not justifying it, nor condemning it, just making an observation and a prediction.
As for tennis, it is also a sport that is not exactly booming over the past 30 years compared to golf (although it is on a little uptick lately) - and I think the robotic nature of some of the tennis stars is part of the reason. I also think it’s absurd to think that Russian beauties have invaded women’s tennis in the same numbers that Koreans have invaded womens golf. Your analogy is laughable.
Having said that, anything with a bunch of Anna Kournikova look alikes will get a ton of attention. You can’t fight human nature. Now, go get some decaf and quit looking for dark hidden agendas and emotions that do not exist....